
More than 100 PhD students are preparing a thesis in the different teams of the laboratory within the framework of the Doctoral school (ED) Engineering and Systems Sciences (SIS).
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The GeM is integrated in the EMJD SEED Simulation in Engineering and Entrepreneurship Development consortium, which finances theses in international co-supervision between the partners. More info…
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Past thesis defenses
[Thesis defense] Lamia Mersel ‘Phase field model for dynamic damage and fracture analysis through a fully explicit time integration’
[Thesis defense] Awen Bruneau ‘From packing to consolidation: a numerical model to generate and consolidate random packing of thermoplastic composite chips’
[Thesis defense] Jinane Murr ‘Data-Driven Fracture and Thermodynamic Modelling of Cement Paste at Micro Scale: Towards Microstructure Informed Cement Design’
[Thesis defense] Valentin Ledermann ‘Fluid-structure modeling of the atmospheric reentry of space debris’
[Thesis defense] Ningyue Sheng ‘From effective elastic properties to ultrasonic attenuation : a statistical approach for characterizing random finite-sized polycrystals’
[Thesis defense] Mahmoud Nacer-eddine Hamdadou ‘Étude du comportement des matrices cimentaires à base de matériaux recyclés du jeune âge à long terme’
[Thesis defense] Gayelle Fahed ‘Understanding of the interactions between hydrates and pore solution to predict the evolution of transport properties during the propagation of seawater in low carbon cementitious materials.’
[Thesis defense] Yameng ji ‘3D printing of building materials – application to the construction of the structural walls of buildings’
[Thesis defense] Yassine Belarbi ‘Étude expérimentale et numérique du comportement hygrothermique et de la performance énergétique des bâtiments en terre crue sous différents climats’
[Thesis defense] Ghita BAHAJ FILALI ‘Analysis of fatigue crack propagation with overload effects’
[Thesis defense] Benoit Lagain ‘Magnetic pulse assembly and disassembly of hybrid metal composite structures for ballistic protection’
[Thesis defense] Tarek Mesto ‘Development of a new additive manufacturing process by binder jetting with a one-degree-of-freedom robot applied to sand casting’
[Thesis defense] Hugo Madeira ‘Durability of elastomers during oxidative and marine ageing’
[Thesis defense] Tijana Kavrakova ‘Material characterisation and scaffold properties of tubular constructs for tissue engineering of blood vessels’
[Thesis defense] Lucile Pigeot ‘Multi-scale investigation of curing stress effect on the behavior of lime and hydraulic binder stabilized silt’
[Thesis defense] Lucie Calmettes ‘Shape measurement of 3D architectural materials from X-rays radiographs using a virtual image correlation method’
[Thesis defense] Jorge Piedra Dorado ‘Toolpath generation and manufacturing methodologies for hybrid manufacturing of metallic parts with WAAM and machining’
[Thesis defense] Ahmad Morsel ‘Experimental testing of masonry structures subjected to extreme loads’
Thesis defense – Nazih Assaad Al Ayoubi ‘Multi-scale modeling of fiber orientation in coupled fiber-reinforced viscous polymer systems’
[Thesis defense] Héloïse Dandin ‘A graph-based model-free data-driven computing approach for inelasticity. Application to elastoplasticity’